Pope Denounces Buchanan and Palin for Questioning his Agenda

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis today denounced conservative icons Pat Buchanan and Sarah Palin, calling their recent objections to his leadership style “confusing,” “hypocritical” and “borderline-heresy.” The pontiff—who was elected to lead the Roman Catholic Church in March—complained that Buchanan and Palin should “look into their own hearts” before questioning his actions, and suggested that they are “simply jealous, having repeatedly failed to be elected to high office themselves.”

Francis, formally a Cardinal from Argentina, was responding chiefly to an article published on Townhall.com Friday in which Buchanan—a longtime soldier in the so-called “culture wars”—wrote that the pope was wrong to move “the Catholic Church to a stance of non-belligerence, if not neutrality, in the culture war for the soul of the West.” Buchanan said he believes that unless the Church remains aggressively opposed to abortion and LGBT rights—as it was under Francis’s predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI—it will lose its moral authority and surrender to relativism.

In a blog post published on the Vatican’s website Monday morning, Pope Francis—who has argued that Catholics should embrace members of the LGBT community, relax efforts to convert atheists to Christianity, and stop being “obsessed” by abortion and gay marriage—responded to Buchanan’s criticism, writing that the former presidential candidate and aide to Ronald Reagan should “reflect on his own opinions” before criticizing others.

“This is a man who has dabbled in Holocaust denial and has a documented history of anti-Semitism,” Francis wrote. “Of course he doesn’t want the Church to become more inclusive. He’d probably like it if we segregated mass services from now on.”

“Opening up the Church to all of God’s children is the just and moral thing to do,” Francis continued, “and I won’t be persuaded otherwise, especially by a man who couldn’t even beat Bob Dole in the ’96 Republican primaries.”

The Holy See also had harsh words for former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, another of his American conservative critics. Palin—who, unlike Buchanan, is not a Catholic—said Thursday that she is “taken aback” by some of Francis’s decisions and is dismayed by his “liberal” comments.

“What does Palin know about leadership?” Francis wondered. “This is a woman who couldn’t even make it through one term as governor of Alaska before resigning, and who, let’s be honest, was probably the worst vice presidential nominee in American history.”

Francis also questioned Palin’s grasp of religious tenets. “I’m not convinced she knows the first thing about the Bible,” Francis wrote. “In fact, I’m not even confident that she knows how to read.”

THE POPE AND THIS GODLESS INSTITUTION CALLED A CHURCH ,HE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A LOST SINNER THAT NEEDS TO ASK JESUS TO FORGIVE HIS SINS. HE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A SPOKESMAN FOR SATAN.PERIOD. THERE IS NOTHING HOLY ABOUT THIS DEVIL CALLED POPE…………..

I like the new pope, too, but a lot of people apparently haven’t figured out that this article is satire. Which is actually pretty sad, considering the article headlines displayed adjacent to this one. Are we as a nation beginning to lose our sense of humor, or are we just getting dumber?

You go dude!!! That’s my Pope! Where In the bible does it say not to embrace LGBT? Abortion? If the mother has a life threatening condition, she’s supposed to be allowed to die when she could be saved? Because it’s better for a baby to be without a mother than a mother to be without a baby? Really? Jesus was accepting of everyone, so why shouldn’t the church? He’s the man!

If we are not open, inquisitive and kind in our words and even meditations of the mind toward Ms. Palin and Ms. Bachman how can we wish for them to be the same toward people who they believe are acting immorally? I find it immensely difficult to embrace them as who they are without ridicule and satire so that is our challenge! If we meet ours, perhaps most unexpectedly the fixed and unfriendly mind of our current society may soften. It may be a long shot however it is may well be our only one.

Philosophical absolutes are clearly a pipe dream of the authoritarian and errant fundamentalist. Einstein was clear and the math itself would seem to bear it out… Relativism is the reality and a countenanced social bigotry a curse on that reality, a retreat from it… a rejection of it. Pompous Pat and insentient Sarah are that curse, that retreat, and that rejection.

Those of you freaking out about this being “SATIRE”: You see those two little buttons at the bottom that say “show facts”/”hide facts”? This site prides itself on taking true statements and incorporating them into a larger fictional event.
This is NOT complete satire and by having an online conniption about it all being FAKE!!! without truly knowing what you are reading, makes you sound just as bad as those who believe everything they read online.
Just calm it down, read the ABOUT US section – http://www.newslo.com/about-us/ – and be thankful that we finally have a rational human as pope now.

You’re all aware, of course, that Newslo is a satirical news site…that Pope Francis never actually said any of this…right? And if you weren’t aware, and genuinely thought that this was a legitimate news story, why would you be happy about it?…just because it skewers Buchanan and Palin?? I mean, please…look at some of the quotes attributed to the Pope. Irrespective of who he’s talking about, why would anyone be pleased by seeing this wonderful man debase himself by stooping to this level of discourse? That’s why funny man Alex Kuzio wrote it; because Pope Francis would NEVER speak like this, no matter who he was talking about…that’s what makes it’s funny! The fact that many of you, who thought this was an actual news article, approved of the Pope lowering himself to this level, shows that you have yet to properly discern the gentle nature of this beautiful man.

This areticle is BS to the square power! It takes some words from Francis I and adds a lot of the authors invention. Francis would never use such harsh words nor reference to electoral and political faillures internal to US mechanics. Stop publishing this crap!

IF THE POPE SAID THESE THINGS AND DOES NOT HAVE THE BALLS TO STAND FOR WHAT THE CHURCH HAS TAUGHT FOR CENTURIES THEN IT SEEMS THAT CRITICISM IS IN ORDER. HOW CAN ANYONE NOT TAKE A STAND ON ISSUES THAT MATTER?

I love this Pope !!! About time these conservative dopes hear some real truth !!! News flash !!! Read your Bible. God loves everyone !!! Even those who are self righteous. Like Buchanan and Palin. However misguided they maybe!!

hahahahahahaha…i’ve been watching this site now for a while…it’s interesting to see how some articles are immediately funny to most and just about sacreligious to others…haters beware…you’re gonna be outted on this page…but even more interesting is how those when told this is a satirical site just refuse to believe it…hysterical! oh…and one more point…my favorite…the lazy trolls…who can’t bother to check anything out beyond the pimple on their nose…just one click away from seeing the truth…smh

Wow! I am not a Catholic, but I might just convert, this guy is the real deal.
He needs to be careful, not to take the bait from these idiots that make millions of dollars just flapping their gums, to a bunch of other idiots that can’t read or think for themselves.

How could she know how to read when she thought South/Africa is the capital of Africa not knowing there are 54 countries in Africa, during her campaign to deceive the Americans.Pope carry on with your holy work of God and more blessings

Despite this being a parody…..He’s the best Pope to come along in hundreds of years! YAY, Pope Francis! May your life be long and blessed with the good will of all those you are trying to include in your ministry. And may God himself protect you from those hidden enemies both inside the church and out.

I like this piece, but I think that people should try and be more understanding when others read this and do not immediately know it is satire. Yes, it seems obvious to me, but I have a particular cultural and social perspective. We should all aspire to be more like this well-liked Pope and practice kindness; insulting people instead of informing them just seems a bit mean-spirited.

So now we have to Google every article to see if it is Satire?
Newslo is no better than Fox News – presenting a view as if it is truth.
I get satire, but nowhere on that page is any indication that they do satire?

So now we have to Google every article to see if it is Satire?
Newslo is no better than Fox News – presenting a view as if it is truth.
I get satire, but nowhere on that page is any indication that they do satire?

I love this man. seriously. i have not been impressed by a pope in decades, at least not favorably. This man is exceptional. Even though this is a satirical piece, I have to give the new ponitff credit. I mean..look at the German Bling Bishop …his multi-million dollar estate is now a soup kitchen for the poor. That alone is worth a thousand cudos.

Listen to God not men! The fact that the pope thought is necessary to respond to the endless banter concerning politics. It just a bad sign too! I do not trust the media or politicians. We need a major change in this country and around the world.

Though I agree with the statements ALLEGEDLY made by Pope Francis, I DON’T BELIEVE in a second that he made them. Because of the insertion of the part regarding Buchanan losing to Dole. PLEASE, he would never stoop that low on the comment wire. NEVER.

Liberals must like the satirically smeared EGG all over their face? Enjoy the laugh… I especially liked the writing style so “loving and gentle” like this Pope is. Oh well…kind of like the two faced thespian there will also be a time to cry.

It’s amazing how many people read these kind of satires and think its fact. I mean, I agree with the tone of lots of these goofy “articles”, but I see how people are researching them and scratching their heads… and I think the price of these bits of comedy is pretty high. You can also find incredible amounts of satire on the extreme right, and you’ll find droves of people eating that stuff up as fact, also then repeating stuff as truth. The internet has become the garbage dump of modern man. Full of little treasures, but mostly just electromagnetic compost.

this isn’t satire like the story your talking about its a quote from The Popes homily this past week…. Yesterday during his daily homily, Pope Francis warned against what he calls “adolescent progressivism”

In his words, “The spirit of worldliness also exists today, today also brings us this desire to be progressive, following a single thought,” he warned, adding that “a globalized uniformity” results from secular worldliness, as faith is often sacrificed for the illusion of human harmony.

One Vatican insider described the message thusly:

Today’s first reading was a passage from the Book of Maccabees. Francis focused on the perverted source of worldliness in this passage, which describes how the leaders of the people do not want Israel to be isolated from other nations, and so abandon their traditions to negotiate with the king.

So here we see leaders going to negotiate and they are excited about it. The pope says it is as though what they are saying is: “we are progressives; let’s follow progress like everyone else does”. The Pope noted that this is the “spirit of adolescent progressivism” according to which “any move forward and any choice is better than remaining within the routine of fidelity,”

Just throwing this out there – but there is a real credibility issue here with this article. I have gone directly to the Vatican website and searched for any reference to “Palin” or “Buchanan” and the exact phrase “look into their own hearts” and there were no hits at ALL on any of those three searches. Additionally, the Pope, according to the site, has not written a blog post in about 5 days. So, unless the author can produce the link which he so conveniently left out of his article – I am calling this article suspect, at best. Additionally, I have never heard any Pope – past or present – use language like this. So, unless Alex Kuizio can provide the link, I’d suggest you all take a breath.

I believe Laurie this is B.S. , the Pope is a religious leader he would never wade into political crap, all men are created equal, God loves and forgives us all no matter want we do , think , or say we need to follow his example

To everyone on this thread that takes this article completely as fact – please throw away all your electronic equipment that is capable of internet access immediately before you hurt yourself or others and I would suggest some mental health counseling.

This is total BS. I’m not a Catholic, but I’m a huge fan of this guy. I spoke with a Franciscan nun who worked at the Vatican and explained that the Pope gives a speech in whichever languages he chooses, the translators translate it however they want, it goes across the building to the various media outlets who repackage it and send it to their editors, who edit it into something that, often as not, is nothing near what the Pope actually said at all.

Pope Francis is important because no leader in known history has amassed THREE MILLION PEOPLE to come listen to him on, say, a beach in Brazil. He didn’t advocate war, or exclusion, or crusade or destruction any of the things that very power leaders get away with doing. His message is astonishingly Christ-like, set apart from Christian doctrine.

This is a propanda piece. Utterly dishonest, disgusting and worthy of contempt by all intelligent readers.

Ms Maga is correct. There is no mention of Palin or Buchanan on any of the Vatican sites. The Kind Pope would not have said the quotes referred to. I don’t like either of these people. But lies and misinformation would discredit the work the Pope is trying to do.

It seems to me that Buchanan and Palin are enormously arrogant in thinking they speak for anyone but themselves. They have no right to question any religious leader’s stand on any topic. This pair and their ilk paint themselves with a rigid, moralistic veneer and dismiss anyone who doesn’t agree with them. I should think they wouldn’t want the rest of us sinners in their very selective heaven. I turned away from the Catholic Church once they became utlra-conservative and put dogma before their flock. With this Pope, for the first time in fifty years, I might consider walking through the doors of a catholic church again. It’s time we had a Pope who understands the modern world problems of his followers and offers some sensible leadership. I wish I could say the same for the other two.